Timon Balloo, James Beard-nominated chef at Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, uses a galvanized garbage can to do his smoking. “I was inspired during the SoBe Wine & Food Festival last year,” he says. “I wanted to be one with the art of smoking and follow through the process from start…
Hedy Goldsmith knows good butter. You might know the lady. She’s the executive pastry chef of the Genuine Hospitality Group and a finalist for this year’s James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef, so when she says, “It’s all about the butter,” you better listen.But excellent butter can be hard…
There are millions of recipes available online nowadays. My rule-of-thumb when looking for a great one is to find the work of a great chef. For instance, if I was looking for an unusual lamb preparation for Easter, and I could choose between one from Daniel Boulud and another from…
Living without a refrigerator can be hard. Indeed, this one appliance alone accounts for at least one sixth of our electric bill. But Amsterdam designer Jihyun Ryou has devised a way to kill the refrigerator from the electric bill with using a non-electric set of five wall-mounted devices that help…
Chipotle Mexican Grill founder, Chef and co-CEO Steve Ells (WSJ Magazine “Innovator of the Year” award winner), along with chef Nate Appleman (James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef), gave an intense, 45-minute demonstration of some of the Chipotle’s famous dishes this weekend.Guests enjoyed samples of the Chipotle braised pork tacos…
If you’re a fan of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York, you might want to get over the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village on Sunday at 3:15 p.m., to enjoy Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, who will be giving a cooking demo. Yep, one of the Housewives…
Alexandre Passalacqua will be leading a “Cooking With and For Kids” demo this coming Sunday, February 26, at 6 p.m. in the Miami Beach Convention Center. The event is part of Blazing Kitchen, an ongoing interactive series of culinary demonstrations, seminars, and tastings within the second annual Miami Wine &…
Some women at a Texas prison have compiled their culinary wisdom into a cookbook for those on the outside. The volume, titled From the Big House to Your House, is a collection of 200 recipes written by six women of the Mountain View Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal…
The LG Smart Refrigerator is one of the many new “smart” appliances recently revealed at the Consumer and Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month that can be connected to a home network and manage your entire kitchen. Designed to communicate with other devices via Wi-Fi, it can be…
It can be difficult to justify spending the extra cash for organic food, but with the help of the Environmental Working Group’s 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can eat healthfully without having to dump your entire wallet on certified organic produce. Consumers of produce can reduce their…
This past Friday the 13th (unlucky we were not), we stopped by the Three Sisters Farm for an exclusive dinner preview. The farm is currently owned by Cliffton Middleton, who is handing it down to Jonathan Gambino. Chef Jon is planning something big, a unique dining destination spot. And we…
The world of toasters just got a little weirder. Research firm IDC released a report predicting that 2012 will be the year when companies start making kitchen appliances that can Tweet and send us notifications via the web; this will include toasters.Until that happens, it might seem we must settle…
We stopped by Paradise Farms for Brunch in Paradise this past Sunday. We were treated to a gorgeous parfait made with mango puree, Knauss Berry Farm strawberries and chef Kira’s homemade muesli. Keep reading to view the pictorial…
For all you people full of local agricultural love there are a few must go events this weekend.First up is chef Jonathan Gambino, owner of the Three Sisters Farm. He is beta testing private farm dinners on the weekends, for $50 per person. As of today, you can book your…
This past Friday Outstanding in the Field made its way down to the Redland to honor goat farmer Hani Khouri, of Hani’s Mediterranean Organics.Outstanding in the Field is known for selecting farmers who produce the highest quality products.Chef Alex Pinero of Sustain was the honored chef of the night, and…
Making plans for next weekend, already? Perhaps Sunday brunch in paradise sounds appealing.Paradise Farms, an organic produce farm to the local restaurant industry originally had the intentions of hosting an Avocado Drop and brunch, on Sunday, January 15. However, “Whole Foods Markets has bought the whole crop out!” says Paradise…
Local international businessman turned goat farmer Hani Khouri. is being recognized by a group called Outstanding in the Field. (We hinted about this last November.) The group recognizes hard-working farmers who produce crops and/or products of the highest caliber. They honor their chosen farmers with an exclusive dinner on their…
There’s no question that if left unattended, our kitchen appliances can develop minds of their own, but tweeting toasters? What the hell? This is a prediction from a report released last month by Massachusetts-based marketing research firm International Data Corporation. IDC predicts that 2012 will see the arrival of microblogging…
There are a lot of ways to eat organic including shopping at Whole Foods, farmers’ markets or rubbing elbows with a friendly farmer. But the best is Dylan Terry’s Ready-to-Grow garden, which produces a fresh supply of vegetables, fruits and herbs in your backyard. And it just got a heck…
Coconut Grove’s soon-to-be new baby, LoKal, is opening its doors this Saturday, with free beer all week to celebrate. Matthew Kuscher’s adamant goal is to stay as local as it gets — and that includes everything from grass-fed Florida beef, local dairies, to of course, local beers. Kuscher’s team doesn’t…
For many the thought of making a gingerbread house is daunting. You gotta bake and make 10 things before you can even get close to the fun assembly (i.e. finger lickin’ icing and eating gum drops) part.Forget that. All you really need are a few ingredients, which will run you…
If one of your wild food fantasies includes running up and down the aisles of Whole Foods like a crazy person, filling your shopping cart with any and everything your heart — and stomach — desire, and doing it without spending your whole paycheck, read on. The people over at…
